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I agree with you there. I felt like the author built up the tension throughout the whole book to only have a quiet ending. I am not saying I didn't like the ending, but like you mentioned it was a thriller so I kept waiting for another big twist to happen.

I did love the book. While the ending was very unorthodox, I felt like there weren't many other ways they could've ended the book while staying in character for everyone. (It's obvious through the book that Nick won't kill, having Amy get caught would lessen her being this super methodical, planning everything character)

I would have loved an ironic ending, where when she returns Nick has been driven to to the point where he kills Amy, (and maybe kills himself). They either had to break-up or both die. I liked the ending but it didn't feel in tone with the rest of the book

I don't think people don't like it because it was unorthodox... I think people don't like it because it's supposed to evoke a sense that Nick is in any way on the same level as Amy, when the rest of the book hadn't made that claim.

Edit: I just realizes this is months old. I just finished the book, and looked for the most recent thread on it!

I completely agree with you. Immediately after I finished the book, I wanted something more. A more eventful ending, but after taking a day or two to think about it I agree that the ending was better than I initially thought. You are right some people don't change.

I do wonder if he had to chose between Amy (& unborn son) and Go who he would after everything transpired?

I agree as well, because I think if she were to go on the offensive she would end up folding like a house of cards (she seems to need lots of preparation for her schemes) and if she was forced to make a snap decision she wouldn't be able to handle it.

The book started off too slow. I was not hooked until about 35% in. I also thought there were some weird things about her writing, particularly in that first part of the book. To her credit, she wrote a pretty clever story with plenty of twists that made the second half of the book hard to put down. I was perfectly okay with the ending.

The biggest issue in the book was that I could not root for anyone. I like being able to root for a protagonist.